I saw Syd near the end of his playing days. I remember going to my first away match at Odsal , think it was 1973 in Players no. 6 trophy, Syd got sent off after about 15 minutes after taking out a Bradford player late, I don’t know if something had happened but it was a clear red card, Leeds still won fairly easily with a young Les Dyl on the right wing.
Syd had some guile and class but he was also pretty dangerous. I remember Doug Laughton telling a tale about being hit late by Arthur Beetson in 1970 , Laughton hit Beetson late a few minutes later and he went down, Syd kicked him in the head.
Lovely guy off the pitch, I saw all 7 finals we played and won when he was coach, thanks for the memories Syd , happy days
